Duty of Care

Fleet Managers you need to comply with your responsibilities and legal obligations in relation to Driving at Work.

Today, the need for a Corporate road safety policy is paramount. There are 3 million company car drivers and a further 5 million drivers who carry out work related journeys in their private cars - 9 people die every day on our roads. Recent revisions to the corporate manslaughter legislation, which makes Company Directors and other employees personally responsible (if negligence can be proved), have helped drive this issue up the corporate agenda.

Some employers believe, incorrectly, that provided they comply with certain road traffic law requirements e.g. valid driving licence, insurance and MOT, that this is enough to ensure the safety of their employees and others when they are on the road. This is a total misconception. Employers now have both moral and legal obligations to ensure the safety of their drivers.

The Duty of Care Course would consist of:

1 : Review your current procedures.

Our Fleet Risk Manager will meet you to review current procedures with regard to Work Related Road Safety. The following report from this session will help you to comply to the Health & Safety Executive's Guidelines on Work Related Road Safety.

2 : Risk assess your drivers.

We provide a basic PC based test that will asses the risk levels of your drivers. We can also provide driver status verification to ensure all penalty points and driver legality are validated.

3 : On the road driver training for nominated or all drivers.

All our trainers are on the DSA ADI register at either Grade 5 or 6 and are very experienced in fleet driver training.